Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball.  Players use the head of the lacrosse stick to carry, pass, catch, and shoot the ball into the goal.


Lacrosse has been described as being like soccer, hockey, and basketball all rolled into one. Like soccer, it's performed on a field; like hockey, it's played with sticks; and like basketball, lacrosse requires players to be quick on their feet and put the ball into the net.


Participation in lacrosse has grown a lot over the last ten years. The sport is seeing an increase in popularity among all categories. Over the last two decades, the NCAA reporting a 24% increase in the number of new men's lacrosse programs and a 65% increase in new women's lacrosse programs. Lacrosse is the fastest-growing high school sport in the nation.


Lacrosse has often been called the "fastest game on two feet" because of how quickly the ball can be moved across the field. The game is so fast that sometimes you may not even see where the ball is until somebody scored a goal. According to LAX World, In 2009, the fastest lacrosse ball that has ever been shot was broken by Paul Rabil. His shot was recorded at 111 mph. If that sounds amazing, just wait. His record was broken four years later by Mike Sawyer in 2013 which was recorded at 114 mph at the same event.


Lacrosse is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins going back to the 17th century.